Movie Quotes for The+shop+around+the+corner

Doctor: Pardon me Mr.Katona? Precisely what position do you hold with
  Matuschek and Company?
Pepi Katona: Well, I would describe myself as a contact man. I keep
  contact between Matuschek and the customers... on a bicycle.
Doctor: Do you mean, an errand boy?
Pepi Katona: Doctor, do I call you a pill-peddler?

Alfred Kralik: There might be a lot we dont know about each other.
  You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface
  of things to find the inner truth.
Klara Novak (Miss Novak): Well I really wouldnt care to scratch your
  surface, Mr. Kralik, because I know exactly what Id find. Instead
  of a heart, a hand-bag. Instead of a soul, a suitcase. And instead
  of an intellect, a cigarette lighter... which doesnt work.

Woman Customer: How much is that belt in the window, the one that
  says "2.95?"
Alfred Kralik: .95
Woman Customer: Oh, no! [walks away]

Klara Novak (Miss Novak): All my knowledge came from books, and Id
  just finished a novel about a glamorous French actress from the
  Comedie Francaise. Thats the theater in France. When she wanted to
  arouse a mans interest, she treated him like a dog.
Alfred Kralik: Yes, well, you treated me like a dog.
Klara Novak (Miss Novak): Yes, but instead of licking my hand, you
  barked.

Alfred Kralik: Flora, take a letter. Ah... To whom it may concern.
  Mr. Vadas has been in the employ of Matuschek & Company for the
  last two years, during which he has been very efficient as a stool
  pigeon, a troublemaker, and a rat.
Ferenc Vadas: Now look here!
Alfred Kralik: And if he doesnt clear out of here hes going to get
  a punch in the nose! Yours very truly, Alfred Kralik, Manager,
  Matuschek & Company.

[Alfred Kralik has just been called into his supervisors office]
Alfred Kralik: Yes, Mr. Matuschek
Hugo Matuschek: Eh, close the door. Kralik, why did you put me in
  that situation, in front of the whole shop?
Alfred Kralik: Well, Im very sorry, sir... but it was not my fault.
Hugo Matuschek: Well whose fault was it? Mine?
Alfred Kralik: Well... yes.

Klara Novak (Miss Novak): [In her letter to Alfred]: Oh, my Dear
  Friend, my heart was trembling as I walked into the post office,
  and there you were, lying in Box 237. I took you out of your
  envelope and read you, read you right there.

Alfred Kralik: [asking Pirovitch about cost of living for married
  couple] Suppose a fellow gets an apartment with three rooms. Dining
  room, bedroom, living room.
Pirovitch: What do you need three rooms for? You live in the bedroom.
Alfred Kralik: Where do you eat?
Pirovitch: In the kitchen. You get a nice big kitchen.
Alfred Kralik: Where do you entertain?
Pirovitch: Entertain? What are you, an embassador? Who do you want to
  entertain? Listen listen, if someone is really your friend, he
  comes after dinner.

Alfred Kralik: Pirovitch, did you ever get a bonus?
Pirovitch: Yes, once.
Alfred Kralik: Yeah. The boss hands you the envelope. You wonder how
  much is in it, and you dont want to open it. As long as the
  envelopes closed, youre a millionaire.

Alfred Kralik: Now if I were a girl and had to choose between a young
  good-for-nothing with plenty of hair and a good, solid, mature
  citizen, Id pick Mathias Popkin every time.

Pepi Katona: [leaving Mr.Matuscheks room in hospital] Well Doctor, I
  would say its a nervous breakdown. What do you think?
Doctor: It appears to be an acute epileptoid manifestation and a pan
  phobic melancholiac with indication of a neurasthenia cordus.
Pepi Katona: Is that more expensive than a nervous breakdown?

[Alfred Kralik has just disclosed to Klara Novak that he is her
  anonymous pen pal]
Alfred Kralik: Are you disappointed?
Klara Novak (Miss Novak): Psychologically, Im very confused... But
  personally, I dont feel bad at all.

Paulette: [talking to Gina about about her daughter Darnelle] I
  swear, its more trouble havin her than makin her. See your
  father-in-law had a crooked one. I had to walk around the corner
  just to get on it.

Joe Fox: You know, sometimes I wonder...
Kathleen Kelly: What?
Joe Fox: Well... if I hadnt been Fox Books and you hadnt been The
  Shop Around the Corner, and you and I had just, well... met...
Kathleen Kelly: I know.
Joe Fox: Yeah. I would have asked for your number, and I wouldnt
  have been able to wait twenty-four hours before calling you and
  saying, "Hey, how about... oh, how about some coffee or, you know,
  drinks or dinner or a movie... for as long as we both shall live?"
Kathleen Kelly: Joe...
Joe Fox: And you and I would have never been at war. And the only
  thing wed fight about would be which video to rent on a Saturday
  night.
Kathleen Kelly: Well, who fights about that?
Joe Fox: Well, some people. Not us.
Kathleen Kelly: We would never.
Joe Fox: If only.
[pause]
Kathleen Kelly: I gotta go...
Joe Fox: Well, let me ask you something. How can you forgive this guy
  for standing you up and not forgive me for this tiny little thing
  of... of putting you out of business?
[Kathleen starts to cry]
Joe Fox: Oh, how I wish you would.
Kathleen Kelly: I really have to go.
Joe Fox: Yeah, well... you dont wanna be late.

Birdie Conrad: [reading from Franks article in the Observer] Save
  The Shop Around the Corner and you will save your soul.

[With cups of coffee, Alex and Clear sit down at a street-side
  Espresso-shop corner table]
Alex Browning: The mortician said that Death has a design. Okay. Im
  talking about omens. How do we know that just by sitting here - by,
  by sipping this coffee, or breathing the air, or even crossing the
  intersection - that we havent even started in motion the events
  that will some day lead to our death: forty years from now, ten
  years from now, tomorrow. We dont. Unless we open ourselves up...
[as clear glances nervously at the intersection, Alex draws from his
  pocket the tiny slice of paper that reads "Tod" and slides it
  across the table to her]
Alex Browning: ...to the signs that Its willing to show us?
Clear Rivers: I dont understand. Did you see Tod die? Did it happen
  again, like on the plane?
Alex Browning: [shaking his head] No. No, it didnt, but, I mean, it
  might as well have. This is a message from something, Clear, or
  someone - hinting at a design.
Clear Rivers: Total bullshit. I mean, you can find death omens
  anywhere you want to.
[Alex glances at the window of the Espresso shop and sees the ghostly
  reflection of a bus passing by. As she continues to talk, ominous
  music rises and Alex glances worriedly around the streets]
Clear Rivers: Coffee. Starts with a C and ends with an E. So does the
  word "choke." So, what, were going to choke to death? I wanna hear
  you.
[Alex glances anxiously over his shoulder again]
Clear Rivers: Well go nuts if you start with the shits.
Alex Browning: The mortician said that Death has a design. Right?
  Now, what if you, me, Tod, Carter, Terry, Billy, Missus Lewton
  messed up that design. For whatever reason, I, I saw Deaths plan.
  We cheated him. But what if it was our time? What if we were not
  meant to get off that plane? What if it still is our time? If it
  is, then its not finished, and we will die - now, not later -
  unless, unless we find the patterns and cheat It again.
[Behind Alexs back, Carter drives his car up to the intersection and
  waits for the light. Terry is sitting next to him. Carter glances
  over to see Alex and Clear, and he scowls. Terry smiles at Carter,
  then sees them too, and her smile fades, as though fearful of a
  confrontation]
Clear Rivers: After hearing you, I, I do believe...
[Alex smiles]
Clear Rivers: ...that Tod killed himself.
[Alexs face turns serious]